| People v Webb |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 00359 [157 AD3d 1132] |
| January 18, 2018 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
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| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v RikmilWebb, Appellant. |
Cliff Gordon, Monticello, for appellant.
James R. Farrell, District Attorney, Monticello (Richard K. Caister Jr. of counsel), forrespondent.
Garry, P.J. Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (LaBuda, J.),rendered August 17, 2015, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminalpossession of a controlled substance in the third degree.
Defendant was charged by superior court information with one count of criminal possessionof a controlled substance in the third degree, and he thereafter pleaded guilty to that charge andwaived his right to appeal. Defendant was subsequently sentenced, as a second felony offender,to a prison term of eight years to be followed by three years of postrelease supervision. He nowappeals.
Contrary to defendant's contention, we find his appeal waiver to be valid. County Court didnot lump the right to appeal with the panoply of rights usually forfeited by a guilty plea, anddefendant agreed that he understood the "separate and distinct nature" of the right to appeal.Moreover, defendant confirmed on the record that he understood the written appeal waiver thathe had executed in open court, which explained that "the waiver of [defendant's] appellate rightsis separate and distinct from those rights . . . automatically forfeited upon [his] pleaof guilty." The written waiver adequately detailed the scope of the appellate rights that defendantwas waiving and recited that defendant had discussed the waiver of those rights with counsel.Accordingly, we find defendant's combined oral and written waiver to be knowing, voluntary andintelligent (see People v Belile, 137AD3d 1460, 1461 [2016]; People v McKenzie, 136 AD3d [*2]1120, 1121 [2016], lv denied 27 NY3d 1002 [2016]; People v Devault, 124 AD3d 1140,1140 [2015], lv denied 25 NY3d 989 [2015]). Defendant's contention that theagreed-upon sentence is harsh and excessive is barred by his valid appeal waiver (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248,256 [2006]; People v Toledo, 144AD3d 1332, 1333 [2016], lv denied 29 NY3d 1001 [2017]).
Defendant's claim that he was illegally sentenced as a second felony offender survives hisvalid appeal waiver (see People vGlynn, 72 AD3d 1351, 1351 [2010], lv denied 15 NY3d 773 [2010]). However,defendant failed to object to being sentenced as a second felony offender despite having theopportunity to do so, and the issue is therefore unpreserved (see People v Caldwell, 80 AD3d 998, 999 [2011], lv denied16 NY3d 857 [2011]; People v Glynn, 72 AD3d at 1352). In any event, were this issueproperly before us, we would find, upon reviewing the record, that there was substantialcompliance with CPL 400.21 (seePeople v Hummel, 127 AD3d 1506, 1507 [2015], lv denied 25 NY3d 1202[2015]; compare People v Farrow,69 AD3d 980, 981 [2010]).
Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.